US man escorted off cruise ship after wife’s death

An American man has been escorted off a cruise ship in Aruba after a woman, reported to be his partner, was killed during a volatile fight in the ship’s casino.

The 52-year-old woman was allegedly choked and pushed off a top deck, during the fall she severed her leg and died on the Royal Princess ship.

The man, whose identity has not yet been released, was hauled off the ship on Tuesday morning in relation to the death, according to Daily Mail.

Several news outlets have reported the death is being investigated as a possible murder.

“Aruba-based Diario reports the woman plunged from an upper deck of the 3,600-passenger Royal Princess onto a lifeboat after struggling with a man who was seen choking her,” said a report by USA Today.

Daily Mail also spoke to sources who said there was plenty of gossip going on and that the captain issued a security alert.

“We can literally see the lifeboat from our room. Blood and broken glass all over it,” one source told the publication.

The cruise ship company released a statement, saying: “The incident was reported to the FBI and local authorities, and the local authorities met and boarded the ship upon arrival in Aruba.”